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B. L. DBMOREST. PUFF FOR'HBAD DRESSES;

Patented Segt. 26, 1882.

. UNITED STATES.

PATENT FFICEQ ELLEN LQDEMOREST,

on NEW YonK, N. Y.

PUFF FOR HEAD-DRESSES.

- SPECIFICATION forming fl all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, ELLEN L.-DEMOREST, of New York city, in the State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements relating toPufl's for Head-Dresses, of

which the following is a specification,

The object of the inveutioni to support the hair or any other fibrousmaterial used to imijtate hair,'so as to allo'wthe putt tovbe used v butit is more especially adapted for uses in- The invention may be appliedto what are in common use as flowing curls;-

which it may confine the hair or imitation hair strongly after beingframed into a ring or short tube, either a single ring as a pnfi' or adouble-or triple ringas a bow.

I will describe the inventionas applied to the manufacture of'hair ofproper quality and a rollof hair v tole rably uniform length, it beingunderstood that other analogousfibers may be or be mixed therewith.

I weave the h'airtogetherin a flat switch as thewhole of the remainderfree, 1- weave across also along a line snfficientlydistant from the.

butt to allow one complete 'coil. of the hair between. Then enrollingthe hair, as usual, beginning at the tips, the two lines along which thehair is wovenwill come together-,0! nearly together, and,.being held byhair-pins or other ordinary or suitable device, with theside whichcontains the two lines of weaving next to thesmoothin every respect.conditioned as" head,'ther'e is presented ontward' a usual,.except thatby reason of the secondliue the hai-rqis it held in place much and {moredisturbing usage than ordinary without; being rumpled and disordered.It. isim- 4511 that. there',-be' no hairs reach from the tirstlineofweaving'to the sec- ,ortant to the tul l' enjoyment of the invention soshort as to-fail to ond.

7 The accompanyingdmwings form apart of this specification, andrepre'sent what I considerthe best means of, carrying out the inveu-''spouding-parts in all the figures.

substituted vmarked A, reaching .the'weaving'G, is represented on theexterior I of the'roll when c npleted,-a'nd being reliably usual,exceptthat instead of weavingesimply even at the extreme butt-ends andleaving' harsh usage.

turbthe smooth and. neat appearance 'pre-.

- that is to say,

part of: LettersPaterit No. 264,935, dated September 26, 1882.Application filedMarch 9, 1882. (No model.)

Figurel is theordinary condition when out of'-use,ior, rather, theperfectly-extended condition which obtains whenthe second line ofweavingor stitching is wrought.

the same madeup into a putt, seen in side View; Fig. 3 shows the same inend view. Fig.

4 represents a number of the puft's 'unitcd'to form what is generallyknown as a bow.

'Fig. 2 shows e Similar-letters of reference indicate corre- A is thehair, certain port-ions. being designated by additional marks, as A Aw.hen nec essary-to distinguish them. I

Bis the ordinary lineot'v weaving, joining theends, which term. thebn'tts'f strongly together for a quarter of an inch or such otherdistance as may be sufficient toreliably hold them.v

all hairs again strongly together at about the distance from the lin'eBsutfficient to form one or circumference of the 1 complete coil,circuit, roll. -The portion of each "length of hair from the weaving Bto held at each end remains smoothfer a long timEgBVPllif the roll isexposed to tolerably, The portion of each length of hair marked Aremains, free; It is-inclosed within the completed roll, andis not muchliableto protrude its ends or to otherwise dissented byth'e part At. yIn the use of the invention the hair is rolled -up, beginning' "atthetips of A and rolling In securing 9 toward'tbe other end, as usual.the'roll'upon the head-of the wearer the same devices may be'usedand inthe same manner as usual 5 but it is important hair-pins or otherfastenin gs take a firm ing 0, and shall hold the. roll firmlyby both.ithe'se lines. Then anyr'ub'bing or other forces to so apply'the thatthey shall holdnot only of the first line, of weaving-B, but also of thesecond line of jw'eaw more the roll ingvarious'directions, but cannot fliberate "a'nyot the hairs, because al l'the parts A which are exposedon;

rollare firmly held at each and ot that part-- B and the other-end by.the wearing 0.

one end is held by the weaving I I co the outside of I the a a '7 G isan additional hne of weavmg, oining v may be of fast- What I havetermedflweaving, stitching or"any{ other efficient lines ening.'Iha've'shown the weaving usually enivployed to strongly join the endsof the hair. 5 Flax or any other fiber ofpropcr length and fineness,'dyed, or otherwise vprepared to imitate hair, may be used for theparts A A.

The invention not only allows the roll to be longer used withoutbecoming roughened, but to also facilitates the tasteful inexperienced,-and assists the expert by siniplifying the work. j Modifications may bemade in the forms and proportions without departing from-the prin- 15ciple or sacrificing the advantage of the inven-' .tion. I can usetheiliair woven or stitched in a narower or wider frame, so as toproduce a-shorter longerlroll,

tothelon'g switch of shorter hair, known mi ii rri I 11 ,canarrange thelineof weaving C nearer 'to the line B,'-and'tbus adapt the constructionto] form aj tighterroll, or I can place it farther 2 5"ofl', adapted tormaking a larger roll. A considerable range of diameter may be madewith'ejsame weaviug'by simply'rolling the hair ti'gh'ter 'or looser. "In onecase the hair A will nakemorejthan one complete circuit around roll andin the" other it'will makeless. In hthesecases the two lines 'of weavingwill ,a little distance' apart, instead of exactly "one upon theo'ther,when theroll is to befasteyed upon the head; but if they are reasonably3 m: t

gether no difiicnlty will be experienced arrangement by the I.It'mayapplyin the same man-" in soplacing them that both will beconcaled' bylying on the backer under side, and in so applying the hair-pins thatthey shall some of them secure the roll by means of the two lines ofweaving.

.Any' number of my rolls may be joined together as well as ordinaryrolls.

Anydesired filling .may be rolled up in my roll to stiffen andsupport itfurther.

I claim as my invention-- 1 "The method of securing human hair andanalogous fiber for head wear by weaving along two separate lines, B U,separated by a sufiicient space to allow about one circuit of a roll, asherein specified. v

2. The new article of manufacture described, composed of hair oranalogous fiber, having one portionof its length A, confined at each endby the respective lines of neavi nggB 0,. and another portion, A free,as herein; specified... I MI I 7 3. The roll described, composed'o-.hair"*A A joined by two distinct andwidelyseparate lines of weavingBO, and ,rolled sothat' the two lines of weaving are on the same" side of60 the roll, adapted lobe secured a'nd't'o serve as herein specified. ii

In testimony whereoflflhave hereunto set my hand, atJNeW York'cityflandState oflYcw York, this seventh day of. March, 1882,}in the 6 5 presenceof'two subscribing witnesses. f I

I y ELLENLNDEMQRESTQ 'Witnesses:'

